Railroad-tie and fastener.



E. E. EDDY RAILROAD TIE AND FASTENER.

A PucAnoN FILED APR-23. 1915.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFECE.

EA tL E. EDDY, or SToNY CREEK, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF 'I'O ARTHUR L. EDDY, or LUZERNE, NEW YORK,

RAILROAD-TIE AND FASTENER;

Application filed April 23, 1915. Serial No. 23,409.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL E. EDDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stony Creek, in the county of Warren and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties and Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railroad ties and fasteners and has for its principal object to provide a tie which will eflectively prevent a rail from sinking, spreading or creeping.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel form of fastener carried by the tie which will effectively prevent the rails from creeping and which may be easily and quickly put in place.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fastener and combined rail brace which is particularly adapted for use on curves and which will prevent the rails.

from becoming misplaced.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a novel means for holding the fasteners in place.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view partly in section of a tie constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1, showing the rail partly in section. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 41 is a detail perspective View of a fragment of the tie, showing the rail clamp in position, and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a modified form of tie.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates the tie as an entirety, which has the body portion thereof cast to provide a bottom wall 2, side walls 3 and top 4:, the opposite end walls of the tie being secured in position by welding. Formed near each end of the tie in the top 4 are suitable recesses 6 in which the cushioning elements 7 forming the rail seat, rest. A suitable pair of apertures 8 are formed in the reduced portion formed by the recesses 6 and are designed for the reception of the screws 9 which extend through the cushionmg elements 7 and 'hold the same in place. Formed in the side walls of the tie and at the lateral extremities of the recesses 6 are suitable vertically extending recesses 10 in which the rail clamps, which will be more fully hereinafter described, rest.

The combined rail clamp and brace designated generally by the numeral 11, which is used on the outside of the rail, comprises the body 12 which is recessed, as at 13, to receive the flange of the rail and this body is provided with the downwardly extending arms 14 which straddle the ti e and rest in the recesses 10 in the side walls thereof. The arms 14 and the walls 8 of the tie are formed with alining apertures 15 for the reception of bolts 16 which firmly hold the rail clamps in place.

Seated in suitable recesses 17 are the clamp retainers 18 which comprise the body 19 and are formed with the flanges 20 which form recesses when in place for the reception of the cooperating rail clamps 21. These cooperating rail clamps will be more fully hereinafter described and are held in place by means of a bolt 22 which extends through suitable openings formed in the tie, in the flanges and in the rail clamps.

The cooperating rail clamps hereinbefore referred to are designated generally by the numeral 21 and comprise the bodies 23 formed at their upper ends with the angular extensions 24 which overlie the rail flange and cooperate with the body 12 of the first mentioned rail clamp in holding the rails in place.

It will be evident that the fillers 18 may be made with the recesses at desired points so that the rail clamps 21 may be adjusted to fit rails of different sizes.

In the modified form of the invention the recess 17 of the tie is of a size sufficient to receive the vertical portion 23 of the rail clamp and it will thus be seen that the use of the filler block 18 is eliminated. It will thus be seen that in the use of this modified form the positions of the recesses must be changed in order to accommodate rails of difierent sizes, whereas when the block 18 is used the position of the recess in the block need only be changed.

In order to place the device in use, the same is laid in the usual manner and the bolt tightened.

rail clamp and combined brace 11 is slipped in place so that it straddles the tie and rests in the recesses 1.0 in such a position that the notch 13 receives the flange of the rail. The bolt 16 is then passed through the alining apertures 15 and the nut on the end of the The'cooperating clamps 21. are then placed in their respective recesses and the bolt passed therethrough, the latter is then tightened and it will be apparent that the whole will be firmly clamped in place. In order to release the rails, the bolts may be loosened and it will be apparent that the clamps may be slid outwardly toward the ends of the bolts and may be swung back so that the extensions 2% will disengage the rail bases thereby permitting the rails to be removed if so desired.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodi-' ment of this invention, it is to be understood that Such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. I

lVhat is claimed is 1. A railroad tie comprising a body having vertical recesses in the opposite side walls thereof. adjacent the opposite ends of the tie and recesses in the top Wall thereof communicating with the vertical recesses, rail clamps located on opposite sides of the tie and having depending portions removably received by the recesses, and retalning members located within the recesses and engaging the depending portions of the rail clamps, and flanges formed on the upper edges of the retainers and received by the recesses in the top of the tie body.

2. A device of the class described comprising a body having vertical recesses in the opposite side walls thereof and recesses in the top wall thereof communicating with the upper ends of the vertical recesses, rail clamps located on opposite sides of the body and fitting within the vertical recesses, retaining members located within the vertical recesses and engaging the rail clamps, and flanges formed on the upper ends of the retaining members and extending into the re cesses in the top Wall of the tie and having recesses therein for the passage of the rail clamps.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I EARL E. EDDY.

Witnesses:

MELVIN G. KENYON,

HARRY F. CoWLEs.

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